Establishing shots, street scenes and buildings in Krakow

Julien Hequembourg Bryan (1899-1974) was an American documentarian and filmmaker. Bryan traveled widely taking 35mm film that he sold to motion picture companies. In the 1930s, he conducted extensive lecture tours, during which he showed film footage he shot in the former USSR. Between 1935 and 1938, he captured unique records of ordinary people and life in Nazi Germany and in Poland, including Jewish areas of Warsaw and Krakow and anti-Jewish signs in Germany. His footage appeared in March of Time theatrical newsreels. His photographs appeared in Life Magazine. He was in Warsaw in September 1939 when Germany invaded and remained throughout the German siege of the city, photographing and filming what would become America's first cinematic glimpse of the start of WWII. He recorded this experience in both the book Siege (New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1940) and the short film Siege (RKO Radio Pictures, 1940) nominated for an Academy Award in 1940. In 1946, Bryan photographed the efforts of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency in postwar Europe. 

Establishing shots, street scenes and buildings in Krakow 

VS, Krakow, Poland landmarks: old maket square, Catholic church, museums, municipal buildings, the castle. Used as establishing shots. **From Julien Bryan's film"Poland the Country and the Peopl" released in 1948, shot 1936-1937.** 

Footage of marketplace and church in BG can also be seen in Story 772, Film ID 507 and Story 3944, Film ID 3001 (TC 01:02:29:02 to 01:02:54:00. Footage of square and sign"Depot de Vin T. Fukier Fonde en 161" can also be seen in Story 772, Film ID 507 and Story 3944, Film ID 3001 (TC 01:03:54:25 to 01:04:09:13) The original film reel was also labeled"JB Pol Neg A 7771 Pol A33B Orig Neg R1 and R". Detailed preservation notes from the film lab are available in Film and Video department files. Additional photographs are available in the USHMM Photo Archives.